Tokyo Designers Week: Newcomer Kenji Mizuno has reinterpreted traditional Japanese portable house shrines with this beautifully crafted modern piece called 'Kamidana'. Based on a 3D model of the Ise Shrine, the design is both thoughtful and practical. This particular shrine slides out from its wooden box and stands on a shelf, ideal for small living spaces

Tokyo Designers Week: Mizuno's shrines have garnered much hype, as they are the first shrine reinventions that are practical yet look authentic in hundreds of years

Tokyo Designers Week: Mizuno, who works with Mizmiz design, also created the 'Kotori' chair

Tokyo Designers Week: 'Steps' bench by Kohdai Iwamoto of Design Soil, a group of teachers and students from Kobe university. Children can sit on the stool, positioned under the hole in the bench, using the bench as a table, while adults sit on the bench itself

Tokyo Designers Week: The architectural model exhibition is a first for the fair. Over 50 architects including Kengo Kuma, Jun Igarashi, Makoto Tanijiri, Toyo Ito and Sou Fujimoto showed models from major projects. The curved plywood model pictured is by Hirose Daisuke, who established Archicomplex in 2005. The structure was assembled without any glue, nails or screws. The designer wanted to create a weatherproof hut suitable for disaster sites that could be built in just a few hours, so he developed an envelope with finger joints of plywood panels (cut by laser cutter)

Tokyo Designers Week: Osaka-born architect Kiyoshi Sey Takeyama says he pursues poetic responses in architecture through a series of buildings themed ‘Incomplete Objects’ and houses themed ‘Counterpoint of Sky and Earth.’ We like his unconventional approach to modern day living

Tokyo Designers Week: For the 11th year TDW included a school exhibition with 47 schools and 57 groups showing their creative works

Tokyo Designers Week: This year TDW also presented 'Hello Night', a series of talks held in a giant TDW dome. The first of these was a PechaKucha Night Special, including participation from people from all fields of the design community, including graphic designer Taku Satoh and Atelier Bow-Wow's Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, who talked about the work of ArchiAid in Tohoku

DesignTide Tokyo - held in Tokyo Midtown and overlapping with TDW - is less a trade show, more a curated exhibition. Among the works on show was the 'In Between' collection of hand-blown glass by BCXSY for Inframince Inc, a skincare line that has also branched out into design objects. Photography: Kiyotoshi Takashima

DesignTide Tokyo: The collection comes in six different colour gradations, from transparent to white. Photography: Kiyotoshi Takashima

DesignTide Tokyo: Eight independent Norwegian designers teamed up for a group show called Food Work within the exhibition. Offering items for storage, preparation, presentation and eating, the designers were inspired by their own take on Japanese culture. Pictured is 'Place', a set of trivets by Hallgeir Homstvedt. Photography: Hallgeir Homstvedt

DesignTide Tokyo: This 'Gram' collection of boxes was designed by Oue with the size determined by weight: although made from different woods like cedar, teak and walnut, and of varying shapes, all weigh exactly 100g

DesignTide Tokyo: 'Umami Mana-ita', designed by Per Finne for the Food Work show, is a forged steel knife with an oak handle, connected with a traditional peg mechanism. The shape of the handle supports a variety of gripsPhotography: Per Finne

DesignTide Tokyo: The knife is housed in a solid oak cutting board, with a sliding mechanism for openingPhotography: Per Finne

DesignTide Tokyo: Miso bowls by Per Finne for Food WorkPhotography: Per Finne

DesignTide Tokyo: Per Finne's wood tools are inspired by traditional tools found in Norway and Japan. The tactile experience of smooth wood is just as important as the visual aesthetic and functionality, says the designerPhotography: Per Finne

DesignTide Tokyo: Kanazawa Art and Craft University-trained Kitagawa founded Daisuke Kitagawa Design in 2011. 'Phew' is a series of products designed around taking a break. Among the collection is 'Lines,' a series of stools inspired by people sitting on the edge of a guardrail. They can be used horizontal or vertically or extended by combining with a tray

DesignTide Tokyo: Kanazawa Art and Craft University-trained Kitagawa founded Daisuke Kitagawa Design in 2011. 'Phew' is a series of products designed around taking a break. Among the collection is 'Lines,' a series of stools inspired by people sitting on the edge of a guardrail. They can be used horizontal or vertically or extended by combining with a tray

DesignTide Tokyo: Limited edition coat hanger, made from birch plywood, by TAF for Cibone and Merci. The hangers were part of 'Hangers Addict' - a presentation on the history of clothes hangers given by Daniel Rozensztroch at what is known as 'Tide Table', a large presentation area where designers can gather and talk about their designs

To coincide with Tokyo Designers Week and DesignTide Tokyo, Maruni launched the remodelled 'Traditional' series, including this sofa, by Naoto Fukasawa, in its Tokyo showroom. Photography: Yoneo Kawabe

At Tokyo's Midsori.so, Katrin Greiling and Gustaf Kjellin curated an exhibition titled Contemporary Collected for the Swedish Society of Crafts and Design, examining what Swedish design looks like today

At Tokyo's Midsori.so, Katrin Greiling and Gustaf Kjellin curated an exhibition titled Contemporary Collected for the Swedish Society of Crafts and Design, examining what Swedish design looks like today

Contemporary Collected: 'Sedimentation' series by Hilda Hellström. The jesmonite collection is inspired by patterns found in sedimentary stone. The pieces are cast in layers and coloured by different pigments